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      Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture, part 2 "The Maori creation story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth" By Dannie Gonzalez, 2/2/12 Period 6 Culture and Geography Source: George Grey 1956, Polynesian Mythology (ed. by William W. Bird): Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 250p. (BL 2615.G843p 1956
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  (According to the Maoritradition) All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors, Rangi and papa, who are also called Heaven and Earth
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  "In those days,Heaven and Earth cling closely together, and all was darkness
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  "Rangi and Papahad six sons: Tane-Mahuta, the father of the forests and their inhabitants
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  Tawhiri-ma-tea, the fatherof winds and storms";
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  Tangaroa, the fatherof fish and reptiles
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  Tu-matauenga, the fatherof fierce human biengs
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  "Haumia-tikitiki, the fatherof food that grows without cultivation";
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  "and Rongo-ma tane,the father of cultivated food."
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  "In the beginningthese six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for an extremely long time, able only to wonder what light and vision might be like"